Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Paleosaurus

So lately, there has been lots of buzz about Paleo and Crossfit. Eating Paleo is essentially eating like a caveman/woman. The diet includes local/unprocessed meats, seafood, vegetables and moderate amounts of fruits and nuts. Of course, everyone's definition of paleo is a bit different. In my opinion, you only live once so I try and live by the 80 20 rule. Eat paleo 80% of the time and eat non paleo noms the rest of the time.

As for crossfit, it is defined as a strength and conditioning program that is "constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement." Initially, I was intimidated being surrounded by the heavy weights and half naked bods. With time though, I began to fall in love with the crossfit community. Everyone is so supportive and encouraging - and the eye candy isn't bad either. The workouts are 1 hour long. This hour includes a warm up, the actual workout, and the cool down. The actual workout is 20 minutes max usually. I love that all the movements can be modified - so honestly anyone can do crossfit. We have people who are elite athletes and compete at the Crossfit Games as well as people who can't do any of the movements as prescribed. But that's fine, because all workouts are adaptable to your fitness level. To be honest, I have never sweated more/worked out harder in such a short amount of time. Previously, I would go to the gym and work out for an hour doing boring cardio and some weights. Now, I workout for less time but see greater results. AND if I don't show up to a few classes someone from crossfit will keep me accountable and say they hope to see me at the next class. All in all, I have been doing crossfit for over a year now and have no plans of stopping any time soon. The community is awesome and the workouts really are the most bang for your buck!

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Hi all, my name is Jen and I have been called an early adopter. Once I believe in something, I become really passionate about it and can't wait to share these discoveries IMMEDIATELY. I guess I do it quite often hence the title of the blog. This blog will kind of serve as my online diary.
Things I like: the water (drinking it, the ocean..literally all types of water), traveling, good food (I like to watch the Food network and make a list of things/places I should eat at before I die...sorry if that sounded morbid), beverages (I am a sucker for fresh squeezed juice and will pay an arm and a leg for it)., humor (I love jokes and love to laugh - so please share your jokes with me), whimsy, positivity, sports (obviously some more than others), and am a sucker for an inspirational quote/story/movie...anything inspirational really, who doesn't love a feel good story that is also motivational?